“I don’t know how you found me,” the dinosaurian hissed, pulling out their unusual gun and leveling it at me, “But I won’t allow you to interfere with my experiment!” “Whoa, whoa, whoa!” I still jumped at the sight of a gun aimed right at me. Habit. “What’s that thing for?” The saurian glanced atContinue reading “Linked”
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Overwhelmed
I sat on the sofa in the main room while I sat at my desk in the office, and she stood in the archway between us, deliberately not looking in the direction of the sofa. “This is just too weird,” she muttered to herself. “You’re telling me?” We spoke in chorus, which brought the heelsContinue reading “Overwhelmed”
Zero Point Emissions
“It’s called a what, now?” I still didn’t understand what she’d told me despite the entire knowledge of Ship’s memory banks behind me. “A Zero Room,” Interface dutifully replied, but I could tell that I was annoying her. I’d taken way too many opportunities to demonstrate my ignorance. “And no time exists in there?” IContinue reading “Zero Point Emissions”
Then again…
“I’m sorry to tell you this,” the doctor said, setting my file down on his desk. “But every result is negative. Toxicology. Radiology. CAT. EKG. X-Ray. Everything negative. No signs of physical trauma that would account for it. As far as I can tell, you’re perfectly healthy.” I listened, but all I knew was theContinue reading “Then again…”
Otherwise
I awoke to something warm, soft, and fleshy pressed against my back, with an arm draped over my waist that was not mine. Someone was in bed with me, and they weren’t supposed to be there. I disengaged in alarm and after rolling to what had to be a safe distance given the limits ofContinue reading “Otherwise”
The End
“Aha!” I burst into the console room, yelling to grab the dinosaur’s attention. He turned away from the console in surprise, immediately leveling his pistol at me, and I voluntarily stopped dead in my tracks. My plan had worked a little too well. “How did you -?” he spluttered before shaking his head violently andContinue reading “The End”
Escapade
I couldn’t do anything, of course, until I escaped from that closet. I tried the door, but the knob wouldn’t turn. “Locked?” I couldn’t believe it. “Really? Who locks a closet? Who even has a lock on their closet?” I turned my back on the offending door and my eyes toward the ceiling to addressContinue reading “Escapade”
Awareness
What is the moment when we first become self-aware? When we realize that we are individuals with our own thoughts and feelings? Where do our memories even begin? My first memory was when I was four or five, watching Star Trek and waiting for my brother to come home from school. At least, that’s whatContinue reading “Awareness”
Tree
I thought it was just an ordinary tree. It wasn’t very tall. Just a fair-sized tree, great for sitting under to get out of the sun, or for hiding behind, which is what I thought the instant I saw it. They wouldn’t find me there, at least not right away, or maybe not at all.Continue reading “Tree”
The End
“Becker to LaSalle,” the suit’s communicator blurted. “What’s your status, Jason?” LaSalle tore his gaze off the prisoner and looked at his wrist. “Sorry to report, sir, but you might be leaving without us.” The communicator paused. “We have a few minutes left, Jason,” Becker assured him. “We’ll think of something.” Becker glanced at hisContinue reading “The End”
